Book Reviews
A Guide to Putting the ‘Pro’ in Pro Tools
If you’re a Pro Tools instructor, ‘Audio Production Basics With Pro Tools | First’ provides a guided, formal course of study that will turn beginners into Pro Tools engineers. […]
Articles by Garrett Gilchrist
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Audio Dexterity: ‘Dexter’s’ Sonic Dark Passengers
The producers see the character of Dexter as having different, sonically distinct modes of operation; that drives their creative decisions. […]
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The Iron Men of Post-Production
CineMontage caught up with the editors, and their first assistants Matthew Schmidt and John Dietrick, as they were finishing the film, which sees Stark/Iron Man pushed to his limit while battling the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley). […]
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Animation Nation: A Quintet of Editors Reveal Just What It Is They Do
The job of the animation editor is often a misunderstood one. “Animation editors are still an enigma throughout the industry and even within the ranks of fellow editors,” claims Darren T. Holmes, ACE (How to Train Your Dragon, 2010; Ratatouille, 2007). “I take every opportunity to inform and enlighten anyone who will listen.” […]
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Ghoul’s Night Out: Catherine Apple Checks into ‘Hotel Transylvania’
Fun. Catherine Apple keeps saying that word while discussing Hotel Transylvania, the animated feature from Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures, which she edited. […]
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Life on Mars: Eric Zumbrunnen Cuts the Other-Worldly ‘John Carter’
Editor Eric Zumbrunnen, A.C.E., first became known for cutting music videos, like Spike Jonze’s award-winning clip for Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” and Björk’s “It’s Oh So Quiet.” […]
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Game-Changer: Moneyball’s Christopher Tellfesen
It’s more about a man’s journey and struggle against conventional wisdom than it is about Baseball,” says editor Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E. The film he’s discussing is Moneyball, which opens September 23 through Columbia Pictures, and the man is Billy Beane, por- trayed by Brad Pitt. Based on Michael Lewis’ non-fiction book of the same name, it tells the story of Beane, a star high school athlete with a keen mind who played big league Baseball for five years, not particularly distinguishing himself. […]
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Once Upon a Time in the Animated West: ‘Rango’s’ Craig Wood
Gore Verbinski’s longtime collaborator, Australian editor Craig Wood, spoke with CineMontage to discuss how Verbinski’s live-action crew handled the challenges of animation. […]
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The Ultimate Upgrade: James Haygood on Taking ‘TRON’ into the 21st Century
In the summer of 1982, Disney and director Steven Lisberger introduced TRON, a landmark special effects film that took us into a dangerous, groundbreaking computer world. Computer graphics were in their infancy, and nearly every frame also featured hand-drawn and rotoscoped ani- mated effects. The film was ahead of its time, and some audiences didn’t know what to make of it. […]
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising: The Editors of ‘Mad Men’ Reveal the Truth Behind the Lies
Created by former Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner, AMC’s acclaimed Mad Men unveils the curiously alluring world of Don Draper, a top New York advertising man in the 1960s who has built his life around a series of lies. […]
